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enRemembering The Flair Of #45: Boston Red Sox To Honor Pedro Martinezhttp://wvasfm.org/post/remembering-flair-45-boston-red-sox-honor-pedro-martinez
<div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2015 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="http://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&utmdt=Remembering+The+Flair+Of+%2345%3A+Boston+Red+Sox+To+Honor+Pedro+Martinez&utme=8(APIKey)9(MDA5MTYwMDQ1MDEzMzE1ODcyMjRmY2FlMA004)"/></div><p>Transcript <p>AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: <p>Number 45 was retired tonight at Fenway Park. That's the jersey number of Pedro Martinez.Tue, 28 Jul 2015 21:00:00 +0000Kirk Carapezza69696 at http://wvasfm.orgIs Harvard Showing Bias Against Asian-Americans?http://wvasfm.org/post/harvard-showing-bias-against-asian-americans
A group of more than 60 organizations has filed a complaint with the federal government claiming Harvard holds higher expectations for its Asian applicants than other minorities.<p>The coalition is made up of nonprofit organizations, including Chinese, Pakistani and Indian groups, and it claims Harvard uses racial quotas to control the number of Asian-Americans on campus.<p>"Asian-American applicants shouldn't be racially profiled in college admissions," says Swann Lee, a Chinese-American writer from Brookline, Mass.Wed, 20 May 2015 21:28:00 +0000Kirk Carapezza66284 at http://wvasfm.orgBetter Bring Your Own: University Of Vermont Bans Bottled Waterhttp://wvasfm.org/post/better-bring-your-own-university-vermont-bans-bottled-water
When students at the <a href="http://www.uvm.edu/" target="_blank">University of Vermont</a> resume classes on the snow-covered Burlington campus Monday, something will be missing: bottled water. UVM is the latest university to ban on-campus sales of bottled water.<p>At one of UVM's recently retrofitted refill stations, students fill up their reusable bottles with tap water.Mon, 14 Jan 2013 08:22:00 +0000Kirk Carapezza21228 at http://wvasfm.orgBetter Bring Your Own: University Of Vermont Bans Bottled WaterAs Battery Demand Falls, Can Energizer Keep Going?http://wvasfm.org/post/battery-demand-falls-can-energizer-keep-going
Transcript <p>DAVID GREENE, HOST: <p>And now, let's turn to today's business bottom line. As more people buy smartphones and other devices that run on rechargeable batteries - this will come as no surprise - sales of single-use, disposable batteries are dropping; and that is not without consequences. Energizer announced this month that the company will close three plants because of decreased demand. That is a 10 percent cut of its global workforce.Wed, 28 Nov 2012 12:33:00 +0000Kirk Carapezza19012 at http://wvasfm.orgVt. Town Hires Livestock To Save Money, Go Greenhttp://wvasfm.org/post/vt-town-hires-livestock-save-money-go-green
Cities and towns facing tight budgets have often neglected their cemeteries, an oversight that has left many of them in disrepair with broken fencing, crumbling gravestones, overgrown grass and persistent weeds.<p>But this summer, the Vermont town of Charlotte implemented a new strategy to both save money and keep grass in the town's graveyards under control, and it's a decidedly traditional way of doing it: Let goats and sheep do the work.<p>Stephen Brooks, who oversees two graveyards in town and smaller plots as chairman of the town's Cemetery Commission, admits it's all rather pastoral.Sun, 23 Sep 2012 20:18:00 +0000Kirk Carapezza15563 at http://wvasfm.orgVt. Town Hires Livestock To Save Money, Go Green